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05-13-2008, 06:36 PM
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| AP Environmental Science - Too easy?
Way easier than I thought it would be. The only problem I had was that I didn't get to finish all the FRQ's due to my bad time management (I wrote 4 pages on #1 becuase I knew it so well). I skipped #2 because I knew the answers to #3 and #4 right off the bat. I had 5 minutes in the end to do #2  . I expected the FRQ's to be harder, but they were a pleasent surprise haha. The MC was pretty straightforward..
My guesses on my score.
1 omit, 8-9 wrong on MC
FRQs
#1 = 9/10
#2 = 3? Only did part a and b.
#3 = 9/10
#4 = 9/10
Does anyone know the curve? | 
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05-13-2008, 08:47 PM
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| You'll probably get a 5, so don't worry about it. | |
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05-14-2008, 12:53 AM
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| I want to hear what others in CC thought about it. God, I hope I didn't underthink (I know it's not a word haha) about the questions. | |
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05-14-2008, 04:04 AM
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| I love how we all find ways to worry about SOMETHING from testing. It's either "Oh no. That test was so hard. I failed." or "That test seemed too easy! There must be something going on" or "I think I forgot to seal my tests!" Haha. Something of that sort.
Sorry I can't really contribute to this thread as I'm planning on taking this next year but I'm sure you did fine. | |
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05-14-2008, 03:15 PM
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| FRQs were harder than i thought they would be.
then again, i'm horrible at math, especially without my calculator. | |
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05-14-2008, 03:34 PM
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| just to let you know....i didn't get to study though.
we only took MC as practice tests and i recieved a "5" and a "4" (no FRQs though).
MC: eh. not as easy as everyone is saying but not impossible.
FRQ 1: i had never done a DBQ before !! maybe i did it wrong but i found most of the answers in the document.
FRQ2: i did the calculations. realized my numbers were tooo random and redid them. hopefully my numbers were right the second time. but i hate how CB marks off points for silly things, like not saying the calculation answer in a complete sentence after showing your work. i think this FRQ raped me.... i didn't even know where the element they asked how we could reduce in leachate comes from.... haha
FRQ3: eh. not 10/10 but at least half i think.
FRQ4: this was definitely my question. though i may lose points for overelaborating and not giving short, succint answers. i'm really into the whole humanitarian aspect of international politics and relations....which definitely includes the topic of this frq. | |
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05-14-2008, 03:40 PM
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| to the OP: FRQ 2 was kind of hard, but STILL, why didn't you try all of them? The graders may very well give you partial credit for attempting! you should've written something.
regarding MC: there are bunch of common sense stuff, there are very few conceptual stuff..but not a lot...just very basic ones..so, yeah..that's why we all are saying MC is easy...just using process of elimination u can get most of them. | |
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05-14-2008, 06:59 PM
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| Innovative -
I had no time to go on to part c and d. If I had 5 more minutes I am pretty sure I could have answered (although maybe not correctly) the rest of the questions.
So everyone agree that MC was easy for the most part? Haha I want people to agree with me b/c if they found it hard, I would doubt myself that I did well. Feeling confident about a 5!  I wish I could say same for the AP English Lang exam. | |
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05-14-2008, 09:41 PM
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| I didn't think it was really easy like everyone else. =[ I self-studied though (that's not an excuse, I know...). | |
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05-14-2008, 09:58 PM
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| What is the percentage needed to get a 5, 4, and 3 on this exam? | |
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05-14-2008, 10:00 PM
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| I didn't think it was too bad. The only FRQ where I was lost was #2...I have no idea what I should've gotten, and didn't even attempt the last two parts, but the rest I'm pretty confident about. | |
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05-14-2008, 10:07 PM
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| I know in my Princeton Review study book, it says that the scaled score needed for a 3 is 60.
I thought I did very well and surpassed my expectations on the FRQ, but did ok on the MC. I haven't been very good with the MC in the past, getting only 55% to 60% of the questions right on practice tests in school, but that was before my intense weekend studying, so we'll see how it goes. I felt like I knew at the very least half of the answers off the bat. | |
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05-15-2008, 12:46 AM
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| dvm258, what does the PR say is a cutoff for a 5? | |
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05-15-2008, 04:16 PM
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| I think a scaled score of 110 or so. | |
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